INVESTIGADORES
DI GIACOMO adrian Santiago
artículos
Título:
No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests
Autor/es:
STOUFFER, P.C.; COCKLE, K.L.; ALEIXO, A.; ARETA, J.I. ; MAZAR BARNETT, J.; BODRATI, A.; CADENA, C.D.; DI GIACOMO, ADRIÁN S.; HERZOG, S.K. ; HOSNER, P.; JOHNSON, E.I.; NAKA, L.N.; SANCHEZ, C.
Revista:
CLIMATIC CHANGE
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Stanford,CA ; Año: 2011 vol. 108 p. 383 - 386
ISSN:
0165-0009
Resumen:
As ornithologists working with birds in South America, we were intrigued by the title of a recent paper in Climatic Change, Are bird populations in tropical and subtropical forests of South America affected by climate change? (Nores 2009). The author claims that vast areas of South American forests have become practically ornithological deserts, presumably due to some unspecified effect of climate change. However, the bird data reported grossly underestimate current bird diversity in these forests. Moreover, the methods employed are unacceptable in modern ornithology, and the conclusions of the paper are deeply flawed. The paper misrepresents the state of bird diversity in South American forests, and provides no insights on possible effects of climate change on birds in these forests.
